AP Iowa News

By ED WHITE and KENDRIA LAFLEUR Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — This could buy a lot of Labor Day weekend sunblock: Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history. Powerball, which costs $2 per ticket, is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2026-Iowa-Senate Sen. Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: U.S. Sen. Joni

By SEUNG MIN KIM, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another vacancy in an Iowa seat that could have ripple effects

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — US Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026, AP sources say.

By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Years before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after allegations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several sources — yet authorities didn’t stop him from coaching. A former boss said she brought concerns about

By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Long before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several directions — his former boss, his gymnasts and their parents. The former boss says she brought her

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Aug. 29. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BUTLER-NORTHERN IOWA DESCRIPTION: Butler plays Northern Iowa at UNI-Dome. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 08/30/2025

By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 3, 8 (one, three, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets

By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 2, 3, 3, 8 (two, three, three, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–School-Shootings-Glance Shooting in Minneapolis is the latest carnage at a US school or college over the past 25 years SUMMARY: School shootings in the

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–WAGNER-KANSAS DESCRIPTION: LAWRENCE, Kan. — Wagner plays Kansas at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. By David Smale.

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 28. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 3, 3, 4 (one, three, three, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets

By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 6, 7, 8 (six, seven, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG TEN THIS WEEK DESCRIPTION: The Big Ten has won back-to-back national championships for the first time

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Active Shooter-False Alarms Spate of hoax calls about active shooters stir fear at college campuses around the US SUMMARY: A rash of hoax calls

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Democratic National Committee is seriously considering scrambling the party’s 2028 presidential primary calendar. And South Carolina — the state that hosted the Democrats’ first-in-the-nation contest in 2024 — is far from a lock to go first. That’s according to several members of the DNC’s

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–LINDENWOOD-ST. THOMAS DESCRIPTION: Lindenwood plays St. Thomas at O’Shaughnessy Stadium. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Democrat has won a special election for an Iowa state Senate seat in a district that had been held by Republicans and had voted heavily for President Donald Trump in 2024, adding to the Democratic Party’s hope that it can flip more seats during the 2026 midterm elections.

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Wednesday, Aug. 27. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To